Hi guys! If you're like me and aren't lucky enough to live at the beach, you may like this really simple design I decided to do. This is my first real nail "art" as far as actually painting something on my nails goes. This is much more time consuming than something like my last nail tutorial, Candy Dot Nails, but it made me smile every time I looked down at my hands!

Follow the cut for pictures and a list of products!

I used :
Beauty Secrets base coat
Wet 'n Wild Wild Shine nail polish in Blazed
Sally Hansen Hidden Treasure (a good dupe is Nubar's 2010)
Crayola paints in yellow, turquoise, white, brown and green
Seche Vite

I hope you guys like it! <3

Hi guys! I hope you're all doing great. As a thank you for getting me to my crazy goal of 10,000 subscribers, I wanted to have a little contest to say thank you.

Follow the cut for prize pack information and rules!

Rules :


1. You must be a subscriber, duh.
2. You must be over 18 OR have parental permission since I will need your address if you win!
3. One video entry per person. No full nail decals if you're participating in the video portion of the contest. You're more than welcome to do your design on someone else or a practice finger (I know how hard it can be to do a design on yourself sometimes!) and you can do a slideshow or live video.
4. No comment spamming if you're participating in the comment portion of the contest. One entry per person to keep it fair!
5. You can only participate in ONE portion of the contest.
6. HAVE FUN!

This contest will run from April 27th, 2011 to May 18th, 2011 at 11:59 PM EST. (My birthday, hooray!) and YES, it's open internationally!

Prize packs :

e.l.f. Manicure & Pedicure set
e.l.f. Nail Polish in Mod Mauve
Green nail dotting tool

e.l.f. The Reds Nail Polish Trio
e.l.f. Clear Nail Polish
Sinful Colors nail polish in Mint Apple and Let's Meet
Wet 'n Wild nail polish in Caribbean Frost
Flower nail decals
Pink nail dotting tool

e.l.f. The Brights Nail Polish Trio
e.l.f. Nail Polish in Smoky Brown
e.l.f. Matte Nail Polish
Sinful Colors nail polish in Innocent and Nail Junkie
Wet 'n Wild nail polish in Sunny Side Up and Innocent
Three nail dotting tools
Three nail art brushes
Rhinestone wheel

Thanks for everything, guys! <3

Hi guys! I'm alive..hahah! Sorry I've been away for so long, lots of things have been going on in real life, but I won't bore you. Here's a very, very easy nail tutorial using rainbow paints and a nail dotting tool that was partly inspired by candy dots and partly inspired by this awesome manicure that Scrangie did a while ago. If you would like more information on using water-based paints, check out my blog post on them here. I hope you guys like it and are having a wonderful day!

Follow the cut for what I used and more pictures!

I used :
Beauty Secrets Base Coat
Color Club Worth The Risque
Small nail dotting tool
Crayola paints in red, orange, yellow, green and turquoise
China Glaze Fairy Dust
Beauty Secrets Hardener Top Coat

Hi guys! Today I'm going to be going over some helpful tips for those of you who are interested in working with water-based paint for nail art.

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When I first heard about people using paint for nail art a question mark literally appeared above my head. Okay, maybe not REALLY..but I couldn't figure out how it would work. It would surely wash off, and even if you applied a top coat it would have to smear..wouldn't it? Not even close.

After watching several tutorials on YouTube (two of my favorite nail gurus to watch who use paint regularly are LOVE4NAILS and robinmosesnailart) I decided I just had to try it out for myself. If you guys have seen any of my previous nail videos or NOTW's, you'll know that I'm not very good at nails. Period. Even things that would seem like they would help out a lot, like the Migi Nail Art pens or nail art polishes with extremely thin brushes, just don't work for me. Nine times out of ten I make a huge mess, resulting in me removing my entire manicure and starting over. Those days are over!

I picked up the set of Crayola paints pictured above for less than $5.00 at Walmart. Each tub contains a whopping 2 oz. of paint, compared to somewhere around .5 oz. in a nail polish. Not only are these going to last you forever, but they're not as sheer as some nail polish..so you're not going to have to go over your design two or three times just to get it to show up. Another plus is that it will definitely come out of any brush you want to use very, very easily.

My favorite part? If you make a mistake, you can wipe it right away with your finger. No smudging, no gross sticky mess..nothing. If you make an even bigger mistake you can get a Q-Tip wet and get rid of the whole design, leaving your nail still perfectly polished underneath.

Making these work (and LAST!) is extremely simple. Apply your regular base coat, whatever polish you want and let it dry completely before you get started (that way, if you do make a little mistake, you're not going to smudge your mani!) and then just go to town with your paints. Make sure they're completely dry (you'll know when the paint looks matte instead of shiny) and go over it with a coat or two of your favorite topcoat. I've tried three different ones, including a glitter topcoat, with these paints and had the same results. If you want to keep your manicure looking brand spanking new, just apply a thin topcoat every day so none of it wears off..and voila! Awesome manicures on the cheap.

I hope you guys found this helpful and make sure to check out the artists I mentioned above..the designs they come up with are absolutely stunning! Have a wonderful day!